The cat will eat what you feed him when he gets hungry. Like dogs, cats are meat eaters, not vegetarians, not grain eaters. Feed the animal meat and it will live a long time. IMO if you can't properly go to the time and expense to feed any animal it's natural and proper diet, you should get a...
Clean with a wire brush and torque to specs. You should be removing them often enough for bearing and brake inspections that nothing else will ever be required.
More generic stuff..... YES your truck is rated to do it.... but as has been mentioned already, do the brakes work?, lights?, have you inspected the springs, mounts, frame, tires, wheels, bearings??///
When asking a machinery question, please be specific about the equipment involved. I'm seeing most of the questions here that have absolutely no details that will allow someone who might have an answer to even try. There are plenty of real knowledgeable folks here but when you ask "what is my...
Not being a smart ass, but you simply have to grind them, miss them, stop and start over a couple hundred times to figure this one out. Experience can and will never be garnered from a message board.
For the full time professional mechanic, they are. For average joe homeowner DIY guy, no way. The Northern tool, HFT import junk will satisfy 99.8% of our needs and leave us plenty of money for more attachments.
Honestly, when was the last time you EVER split any gear in the bottom end? Unless you are specialized 120,000 lbs the is really no need too. They do have autoshift 18 speeds now. 13's, 12's, 10's.... I've been reading about going back to 9 speeds for OTR trucks. I started in '76 with 8 gears...
A a small fleet owner, I've switched over to all autoshifts. As mentioned before they are idiot proof but they also NEVER miss a shift, NEVER smoke a clutch, NEVER twist out a driveshaft, NEVER strip a gear. Clutches last twice as long since they shift in milliseconds. All of them have 3 modes...